Over the next twenty years, the city predicts that one in every five New Yorkers will be 60 or older. This will be the first time in the city's history that older New Yorkers will outnumber school age children.

Victory Memorial Hospital appears to be on its deathbed: The 107-year-old Bay Ridge institution has announced sweeping layoffs and could be shuttered by Feb. 1. Area residents and politicians, though, are holding out hope for a last-minute deal.